Rajat, Manav enter second round

In another close contest, Manav Dhawan outplayed Sanjay Duggal 2-169-100, 100-52, 100-82. On the other hand, it was a one-sided encounter between Ashu Duggal and Amit Verma in which the latter prevailed over his opponent 2-0, 100-73, 100-78.

In the junior section, Ankit Sharma emerged too good for Madhur Mukhi after he cleaned up him at 2-0 50-31, 50-23. It was an easy outing for Ankit Sharma.

In nail biting snooker event, Arif Akhtar of Indian Oil Corporation Ltd., outclassed Mandeep Makkar 3-2, 61-49, 67-26, 67-24, 59-42, 53-22. Top seed Rajat Khaneja in senior snooker event, beat Vijay Bhopali 3-0, 49-13, 54-26, 79-25 to move ahead. All eyes will be on Rajat on Monday to see him play in the second round.